Just heard about a new project by the Media Consortium - the USSF media wire. With this, the People's Media Center, the Allied Media Conferene and the Progressive Communicators Network, MAG-Net, and CMJ/SmartMeme/Praxis' Change the Story PMA all poppin off at the USSF - I'm feeling a little giddy watching the growth of a more coordinated progressive media sector in support of our growing movements. Ima try to keep close tabs on how all these elements unfold here...
Judith LeBlanc, Peace Action Like being at the scene of an accident. Was not a peace activist before 9/11. Closest work was Cuba solidarity, went to Vietnam. 9/11 was a turning point. Helped bring UFPJ together. Was on steering committee and Co-chair. Lot of veterans in the family. Indians have highest percentage of population in armed services. Every community of color, poor and working class communities have stories of friends, family in war.
Rebuilding, renewing and recalibrating anti-war movement.
Big media companies and Internet Service Providers are trying to make the Internet a closed, gated community- placing innovation, opportunity, and democracy at risk.
